A History of Nursery RhymesGreening, 1899 - 195 páginas |
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... Second Stone Age , man of went up and possessed the land ; we with our new inventions , wants , and newly - acquired tastes have added a legion of scientifically constructed sounds , built up on the founda- tion he laid with his first ...
... Second Stone Age , man of went up and possessed the land ; we with our new inventions , wants , and newly - acquired tastes have added a legion of scientifically constructed sounds , built up on the founda- tion he laid with his first ...
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... Second Stone Age , when the poetry of the human voice gave a dramatic value to the hitherto primitive sign - language limitation of the Old Drift - men . At this age , the Neolithic , arithmetical questions arising in the course of life ...
... Second Stone Age , when the poetry of the human voice gave a dramatic value to the hitherto primitive sign - language limitation of the Old Drift - men . At this age , the Neolithic , arithmetical questions arising in the course of life ...
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... Celt traversed our shores , " the progress of civilisation " has gone on in one unbroken continuity from the Second Stone Age man to the present time . CHAPTER II . " O dea , si prima repetens 7 HISTORY OF NURSERY RHYMES.
... Celt traversed our shores , " the progress of civilisation " has gone on in one unbroken continuity from the Second Stone Age man to the present time . CHAPTER II . " O dea , si prima repetens 7 HISTORY OF NURSERY RHYMES.
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... Second Stone Age men , it is said , cre- mated their dead who were worthy of reverence , and worshipped their shades , and the nursery tales of pixies and goblins and elves are but the mythical remains of their once prevailing religion ...
... Second Stone Age men , it is said , cre- mated their dead who were worthy of reverence , and worshipped their shades , and the nursery tales of pixies and goblins and elves are but the mythical remains of their once prevailing religion ...
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... second fingers of each hand on the coverlet , the youngsters imitating her . Everybody's fingers are now moved up and down in a perpendicular way , like the needle of a sewing machine . All singing- " Cows and horses walk on four legs ...
... second fingers of each hand on the coverlet , the youngsters imitating her . Everybody's fingers are now moved up and down in a perpendicular way , like the needle of a sewing machine . All singing- " Cows and horses walk on four legs ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 172 - A MAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds...
Página 87 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Página 74 - The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush. Here we go 'round the mulberry bush So early in the morning.
Página 139 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king?
Página 142 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Página 32 - Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all.
Página 95 - That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, That my father bought For two pieces of money : A kid, a kid.
Página 166 - Gay go up, and gay go down, To ring the bells of London town. Bull's eyes and targets, Say the bells of St Marg'ret's. Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of St Giles'. Halfpence and farthings Say the bells of St Martin's.
Página 146 - There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many children she didn't know what to do; She gave them some broth without any bread; She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
Página 152 - Over the hills and far away ;" Over the hills, and a great way off, And the wind will blow my top-knot off.